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"The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume."
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"Considerations & Exceptions for Impressive Handshakes Be mindful of a person's age; be tender with arthritic hands. In that case, a loose and gentler handshake is a gesture of sensitivity and compassion. Show interest; even if your right hand is full, offer your left hand. Demonstrate respect when you are caught in an introduction while seated; try to stand. Be instinctive about when to allow the length of your handshake to linger to express unity, connection, or sympathy."
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"Victorian rigidities were such that ladies were not even allowed to blow out candles in mixed company, as that required them to pucker their lips suggestively. They could not say that they were going "to bed"--that planted too stimulating an image--but merely that they were "retiring." It became effectively impossible to discuss clothing in even a clinical sense without resort to euphemisms. Trousers became "nether integuments" or simply "inexpressibles" and underwear was "linen." Women could refer among themselves to petticoats or, in hushed tones, stockings, but could mention almost nothing else that brushed bare flesh."
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"Dining with the King; your attire, attitude and mentality must change."
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"Seek to make others feel comfortable by demonstrating respect for their individual needs as well as their cultural norms. Your consideration and heightened awareness will guide you well-and help you make a great first impression."
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"Don't talk while having food was only meant to be in integrity with food."
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"Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential."
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"He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest."
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"He looks around at his guests. All are prepared. A Latin grace; English would be his choice, but he will suit his company. Who cross themselves ostentatiously, in papist style. Who look at him, expectant. He shouts for the waiters. The doors burst open. Sweating men heave the platters to the table. It seems the meat is fresh, in fact not slaughtered yet. It is just a minor breach of etiquette. The company must sit and salivate. The Boleyns are laid at his hand to be carved."
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"Without civilized social graces, not only is life more difficult, but a positive first impression can be destroyed as fast as it is made."
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"Handshakes, Hugs & Other Touching. Learning how to touch appropriately can elevate your presentation, demonstrate respect, and convey confidence."
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"Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going."
Travel
"There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment."
Development
"The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity."
Peace
"Travel is glamorous only in retrospect."
Travel
"Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace."
Travel
"The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume."
Etiquette
"Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves."
Writing
"You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful."
Food
"It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled."
Principle
"Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us."
Life
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